2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/subcmds/init.py b/subcmds/init.py
index 94bd44ca..431165d4 100644
--- a/subcmds/init.py
+++ b/subcmds/init.py
@@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ to update the working directory files.
     g.add_option('--repo-url',
                  dest='repo_url',
                  help='repo repository location', metavar='URL')
-    g.add_option('--repo-branch',
-                 dest='repo_branch',
-                 help='repo branch or revision', metavar='REVISION')
+    g.add_option('--repo-rev', metavar='REV',
+                 help='repo branch or revision')
+    g.add_option('--repo-branch', dest='repo_rev',
+                 help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
     g.add_option('--no-repo-verify',
                  dest='repo_verify', default=True, action='store_false',
                  help='do not verify repo source code')
diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index dadf2e45..de6deecb 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ later is required to fix a server side protocol bug.
       base = rp.GetBranch(cb).merge
       if not base or not base.startswith('refs/heads/'):
         print('warning: repo is not tracking a remote branch, so it will not '
-              'receive updates; run `repo init --repo-branch=stable` to fix.',
+              'receive updates; run `repo init --repo-rev=stable` to fix.',
               file=sys.stderr)
 
     mp = self.manifest.manifestProject